A new report says the robots are coming for Louisiana’s jobs, and the state could face a significant loss of jobs due to automation in the next decade…
Within the next three months Entergy customers will see a five to seven dollar monthly increase in electric costs. Roughly three and a half dollars of that increase will kick in on your July bill, and Entergy Spokesperson Lee Sabatini says some of that will go towards a new 869 million dollar St. Charles Power Plant.
This week 600 high school students from across the nation met in North Carolina to participate in the YMCA’s 52nd Annual Conference on National Affairs. One of the six presiding officers at the mock government program was LSU freshman Drake Brignac. Students debated issues such as abortion, the death penalty and climate change. Brignac says while the debates can be heated he always sees delegates interacting later as friends.
Governor John Bel Edwards can focus on his re-election campaign now that the legislative session is over. The Governor begins his statewide RV tour today. The South’s lone Democratic governor face’s two major GOP challengers on the October 12th ballot, U-S Representative Ralph Abraham of Richland Parish and Businessman Eddie Rispone of Baton Rouge. Edwards is kicking off his tour in his home town of Amite with stops in New Orleans on Monday and in Lafayette on Tuesday.